I was curious if anyone had tried a couple specific underworks items. I am especially interested in the cotton concealer compression shirts they have now, one is a muscle shirt and one is a v-neck t-shirt. The other item I was looking at is their swim set they have now too.

If you want to check out the items they are all located on the site.

Personally I use some of their binders and have always been pleased with their products, but the idea of shirts that are intended to work as a binder and a shirt makes me uneasy about rather or not they will work well. I am one of those guys who sweats like a beast when summer comes! I mean seriously, if I even drive 5 blocks in just a tank top my shirt and car seat are covered in sweat by the time I get out and I can barely stand to wear coats in winter if I have a long sleeved shirt on too. I'm interested in these items because it would give me less layers, which may help when the weather gets warm again so I figured I'd see if anyone else had used them yet and what feedback there is.

The swim suit I'm curious about because a ton of places where I live won't allow you to wear t-shirts swimming anymore, which limits my options to local lakes for the most part so I commonly will just go with friends and go topless if there is no one else around. It would be nice not to have to drive a half an hour or more out of the city to go swimming though. My concern with these is how it will fit for a thinner guy with hips. Anything that is form fitting on my body type shows wider shoulders, thin torso and then some nice child bearing hips (which of course are almost all bone, lucky me). My thought is that the top would come in too much around the stomach area and may just make my hips more noticeable. So I guess I'm curious rather or not anyone else has tried them out, especially those of you with the thin tummy large hip problem like me.

I have two Double Front Compression shirts and love them. They actually helped keep me some cool some during summer. The wind seems to cool the binders down. I wear a tank top, binder and then my shirts so I don't layer as much as some guys.

I also have one Extreme Chest Concealer FTM chest binder. That one is O.K. but gets painful on my ribs after awhile. It's also hotter than the double fronts.

I did have a Cotton Concealer Compression muscle shirt but that one didn't compress too well for me. It was also quite hot for the climate I live in so I returned it. I have no knowledge about the swim suit.

i ordered the extreme chest concealer ftm binder in my normal size(small) and it was way too big so I exchanged it for an extra small and it is too small, not way too small but it hurts my ribs and shoulders and because of how the actual binder parts ends right under my tumors it acts more like a really tight sports bra than a binder.

I bound quite comfortably and successfully with cotton concealers for a few months. I started binding regularly sometime in March and on through June. Then I was fortunate enough to have top surgery.

I had skin allergies (my skin toughened up on T a bit later), so I liked the cotton content in the cotton concealers. I had to experiment a bit with sizing, but once I found the right size, I would turn the shirt inside out so that the cotton part was next to my skin. When they started to stretch out a bit, I would wear two--one old, one new or one older larger one and one newer smaller one. I'm glad I didn't have to do that in the summer, although I did wear a surgical vest for a few weeks after my surgery, and that was in July. Fortunately, we didn't have a very hot July.

I was pretty big. I don't know how well the more extreme models would have done for me. I bought one and tried it on for a few minutes and couldn't breathe. I liked the way the cotton concealers really moved with my body. A lot of guys really like the double compression vest and other "serious" models. If you want major compression, you might want to go with one of them. Can you afford to try a couple of different models?

I swear by Underworks' cotton concealer muscle tees. They don't really work too well as shirts on their own, but as binders, I think they're the most comfy Underworks has to offer. That said, my chest is only about a B, so I don't need extreme binding, as some guys do.

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Not trying to hi jack the thread but does anyone know what works on a D cup? I've got the double front compression vest and all that seems to happen is that i get one big lump in the middle or a lump under each arm

I was a D cup before surgery too and the double fronts worked the best for me, over a t shirt. But they did give me a barrel chest, it's pretty hard to hide d cups unfortunatley.

Quote from: alex k on January 03, 2010, 07:20:36 PM
Not trying to hi jack the thread but does anyone know what works on a D cup? I've got the double front compression vest and all that seems to happen is that i get one big lump in the middle or a lump under each arm

Please, feel free to hi jack the thread. I think that it will be good for any of us to talk about the products we've used from them. Considering they are one of the bigger places to order binders from I'm sure everyone has some kind of knowledge or questions.

Quote from: alex k on January 03, 2010, 07:20:36 PM
Not trying to hi jack the thread but does anyone know what works on a D cup? I've got the double front compression vest and all that seems to happen is that i get one big lump in the middle or a lump under each arm

Also a D cup. They're horrible to hide. The only way i feel remotely comfortable while still hiding them to a point where i'm satisfied is if i layer - Frog Bra, sweater, vest. Or tank top, ace bandage, binder, sweater, vest (t-kingdom.)

Which won't work for summer, at least the sweater!     

Vests are a godsend though - might want to try that on top of everything else. I found that half or fully zipped hides the moobs pretty well, especially the poofy vests. They might have some lighter ones come summer time? As for swimming, try a binder or frog bra plus a rash guard type shirt (what surfers wear).

I only have a largeish B but the tumors are very dense and thus don't flatten very well with binders. But for the summer I went to the Dominican Republic and wore a beater tank top, a binder and a rash guard type shirt over that and passed 100%.

I always use the double front compression from underworks and it works fine for me.

DD/E cup here... I wear the double front and get one large lump across my chest too. I find it's all about positioning. Sometimes I wear one binder on top of another (I know that's not ideal) and that's the only thing that seems to squash them.

I used the cotton concealers for about half a year...
advantages: infinitely more comfortable, doesn't cut into your skin and make unnatural appearing bulges at the edges of the fabric
disadvantages: I found the double layers to be a bit hot, wasn't too great for getting te job done (just too stretchy, I guess--the price one pays for the increased comfort), and it seemed more prone to rolling up.

Also, I should note that after a while I started wearing wearing two at a time due to them stretching out and not working as well, and I always do that with all my compression shirts now.

so I guess it's about evenly balanced between pros and cons, but it just wasn't a good enough binder for me and I eventually started using the double front, which I think is where I'll settle.  I'm scared of the tritop.

Hmmm, from the responses here I am thinking that it may not be the best option to try the cotton binders. I may try them for when I wear button up shirts to have something under them and will have to decide from there if they work well enough to wear alone.

The one thing that I always have a problem with, which many larger guys don't normally understand, is that I have to have some major compression even though I am barely a B cup. I know some people have the perception that those of us who have smaller chests don't have as hard of a time binding, trust me though it is simply not true. Like for me, I have the smaller pointy chest (more cone shape than rounded because of the smaller size) and if my binder is not very tight then I still have these little nubs that are unnatural for men, especially the thinner scrawny guys like me. The plus to being smaller is I can wear larger shirts with no binder, just a tight a-shirt, but if I want to wear something that is the proper size for me or that is a more fitted cut then I have to bind. It would be great if my personal fashion style was more of the baggy jeans and shirts but it isn't, I like to wear shirts that are MY size (which I am lucky if a men's size small is actually small enough for me most of the time).

Okay I kind of ended up on a random tangent but what I was trying to get to was explaining what my body type is more like and how I have to bind or when I have to bind in hopes that someone else may have the same issues. It's always nice to find someone else who has the same build but has found other solutions for you to try too.

I also have the problem with longer binders rolling up on me really bad, I have to wear the ones that are cut just at the bottom of the rib cage or they just roll up (seemingly for no reason at all). Anyone else here that has a similar issue that might have some suggestions or ideas? We can private message too if that is more comfortable for anyone. I know talking about our moobs is not the funnest thing for everyone

Yeah, as others have said, the cotton concealers don't work very well unless you are fairly small.  Though they are extremely comfortable. 

As for D-cups - I was a D when I started binding, and I found that the Tri-top gave me the flattest chest, but that the double front compression was more comfortable, and gave me a more natural look.  (Comfort, of course, is a personal experience.  For all of us who prefer the double front, there are just as many who prefer the Tri-top.)  What worked for me was to reach under the binder and push the fat bags out and up, giving them more the look of pecs, instead of boobs.

For the rolling issue, what seems to work the best is to tuck the bottom of the binder into your underwear, and also to wear a belt.

Quote from: Cowboi on January 04, 2010, 11:20:15 PMI also have the problem with longer binders rolling up on me really bad, I have to wear the ones that are cut just at the bottom of the rib cage or they just roll up (seemingly for no reason at all). Anyone else here that has a similar issue that might have some suggestions or ideas?

This is what I do that helps with the rolling up problem. I pull the binder all the way down over my briefs. Wearing it tucked into your briefs is annoying and can cause rub burns. Then I just wear a belt. There will be some rolling up, but it won't roll past your belt. I also wear a long A frame tank top underneath the binder which helps keep it from rolling up as much. I do get some rolling up, but not enough where I even notice it.

I fold mine (pull the lower edge back up and pin it with a safety pin) cause then it doesn't roll, and gives "double" the compression.

Quote from: Miniar on January 05, 2010, 02:58:59 PMI fold mine (pull the lower edge back up and pin it with a safety pin) cause then it doesn't roll, and gives "double" the compression.

Yes, that works for alot of guys too. For some reason I just look stupid and stand out when I use that technique.

Quote from: Miniar on January 05, 2010, 02:58:59 PM
I fold mine (pull the lower edge back up and pin it with a safety pin) cause then it doesn't roll, and gives "double" the compression.

I never have tried this technique, next time I buy a longer binder I will have to try it.

Quote from: Miniar on January 05, 2010, 02:58:59 PM
I fold mine (pull the lower edge back up and pin it with a safety pin) cause then it doesn't roll, and gives "double" the compression.

I have never tried that!  :O  Sounds like it will help me a lot.

Quote from: Miniar on January 05, 2010, 02:58:59 PM
I fold mine (pull the lower edge back up and pin it with a safety pin) cause then it doesn't roll, and gives "double" the compression.

This works great for a lot of thinner guys. I had a spare tire, so folding made me bulge in unattractive ways. And it cut me across the midriff--very uncomfortable. But it's good for warmer weather.